Course description
Title of the Teaching Unit
Economie
Code of the Teaching Unit
21PEC30
Academic year
2025 - 2026
Cycle
Number of credits
5
Number of hours
60
Quarter
1
Weighting
Site
Anjou
Teaching language
French
Teacher in charge
DUTERME Tom
Objectives and contribution to the program
This course, for students in “passerelles” and for students pursuing a complementary management degree (DCG), aims to provide the basic concepts in both macroeconomics and microeconomics that are essential for students to understand the economic environment of a company or a sector in general. The course will present key economic concepts based on concrete issues and problems such as inequality (intra- and international), the history of capitalism, environmental problems, economic crises, and financial instability.
Prerequisites and corequisites
No prerequisite is required since it is an introductory course.
Content
The course will cover the following chapters:
I. Economics and economy
II. The origins of capitalism
III. Economic functioning through a neoclassical lens
IV. Economic globalization
V. Finance and currency
VI. Can we afford to ignore the environment?
VII. The social embeddedness of the economy
Teaching methods
This course is taught in French, at a rate of 3 hours per week during the first semester.
The course is designed to be integrated directly and therefore requires attendance. At the beginning of each class, questions about the previous session will be asked in class. In addition, at the end of each session, we will analyze a current economic article based on the concepts covered. These exercises are ideal preparation for the exam.
Assessment method
Formative assessment:
Formative assessment is carried out throughout the course by means of questions (Wooclap, Moodle, etc.).
Certification assessment:
The certification exam takes place in person, closed book, and without the use of AI.
It consists of three parts: multiple-choice questions on the theoretical course (50% of the final grade), one or two open-ended questions (25% of the final grade), and a text analysis similar to that carried out collectively at the end of each course (25% of the final grade).
References
Teaching materials
Course website on Moodle (https://moodle.ichec.be) with:
o PowerPoint presentations (with or without commentary)
o Articles, newsletters, various reports, and videos
o Formative assessment exercises
Bibliographic references
See the respective course websites